Combination brassiere slip



Feb. 12, 1952 R MARlN COMBINATION BRASSIERE SLIP Filed Jan. 7, 1949 fz E INVENTOR Patented Feb. 12, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT 'OF-FICE;

2,585,567 COMBINATION BRASSIRE sLi'P Rafael Marin, Bronx, N. Y. Application january 7, 1949, Serial o. 69,693

"1 Claim.

'This invention relates to new and 'useful improvements in a combination brassire slip.

More specifically, the invention proposes a combination brassire slip having a brassire top portion provided with an open back and an elastic insert removably mounted across said open back. It is particularly proposed to use slide fasteners for connecting thesides of the insert with the sidesof the open back, and to so arrange the slide fasteners that the slides may move downwards to various positions for freeing top portions of the elastic insert in order to release resilient'pres'sure of the brassire against the top portion of the wearers body.

The dominating feature of the new brassire slip rresides in the fact 'that when the elastic insert is in position and the slide fasteners are closed the brassire top portion of the garment is completely operative Vfor eiectively supporting the bust. does not require complete support it is a simple matter to move the slide fasteners down to a desirable position i-n order to -give the necessary release of pressure.

The invention also proposes to provide th brassire with shoulder straps and to provide straps connected with the top corners of the elastic insert and with the shoulder portions of the shoulder straps in order to support the elastic insert in the various partially open positions of the slide fasteners.

Furthermore, the invention proposes to so arrange the slide fasteners that they may be moved completely to the bottom of the elastic insert in order that the elastic insert is freed and may be completely removed. This is valuable for laundering the garment. The garment may also be worn in this condition.

Another object of the invention is the constructipn of a combination brassire slip as described which is simple and durable and which may be manufactured and sc ld at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a back elevational view of a combination brassire slip embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged detailed view of a portion of Fig. 1 illustrating particularly the When the wearer desires to relax and elastic insert, but in this figure the slide ifasteners are shown partially open. Y

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of 'a portion of the garment showing particularly the details of one of the slide fasteners.

Fig. 6 is an elevational View of the'elast'ic insert and its connecting straps completely -`removed from the garment.

vThe combination brassire slip, in accordance with this invention, includes a slip body section I0 having a brassire top portion II provided with an open back-I2. An elastic insert I3 is provided for closing said open back. The brassire tcp portion i i is also provided ivith the usual shoulder straps I5. The sides of the open back I2 and the sides of the elastic insert taper from the tcp to the bottom in order to provide a greater degree of resiliency along the top portion of the brassire top portion than along the bottom thereof.

Slide fasteners i6 connect :the sides of the elastic 'insert I3 with the sides of the op'enb'a'ck I2. These slide fasteners I6 are provided with ycontrol slides Il having handles I8 provided with small prongs IS engageable through openings 29 in the slides I'I for engaging the hooks 2l of the slide fastener stringers 26 for locking the slides in selective fixed positions along the hooks 2l. These slide fasteners I6 are arranged so that the slides Ii thereof may be moved downwards to various positions for freeing top portions of the elastic insert I3 in order to release resilient pressure of said brassire top portion about Wearers body. Straps 24 connect with the tcp corners of the elastic insert I3 and with the shoulder portions of the shoulder straps I5 in order to support the elastic insert I3 in op'en positions of said slide fasteners IS. The top ends of the straps 24 are provided with snap fasteners 25 engageable with complementary fastener elements attached to the shoulder portions of the shoulder straps I5.

The slide fasteners It are of the construction which permits the complete removal of the elastic insert I3 when the slides i? are moved to their bottom-most positions. In Fig. 6 the elastic insert E3 is shown completely removed from the garment.

, Each slide fastener It includes adjacent stringers 26 provided with said hooks 2i. One line of the stringers 2S of each slide fastener is attached along the inside edge portion of the elastic insert i3 and the other line is attached similarly along the inside edge portion of the open'1 back, see particularly Fig. 3. A covering tape 21 is attached along one of the sides of the slide fastener for engaging across and covering the slide fasteners when the insert I3 is in position on the garment. V

The operation and use of the combination brassire slip may be understood from the following:

In Fig. 1 the garment is illustrated with the elastic insert I3 in position and with the slide fastener I6 completely closed. In this position the brassire top portion i I of the garment will be firmly about the body of a wearer. If it is desired to release some of the pressure of the brassire top portion Ii it is merely necessary to move the control slides I1 of the slide fasteners IS downwards to selected positions, as for example the positions illustrated in Fig. 2. In these positions the slides I' may be locked by merely moving the handles I8 thereof into down positions in the usual way. Now that the top portion of the insert I3 is not being stretched, the constricting action of the brassire top portion II of the gai ment will be reduced. The straps 24 serve to hold the top portion of the insert I3 in a raised position against bending and falling downwards. The insert I3 may be completely removed by moving the slides I1 to their bottommost positions.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment oi my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coining within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a combination brassire slip, a slip body section having a brassire top portion provided with a back portion having an opening with slanting side edges, said opening extending from the top of said back portion downwards to about the waist portion of said slip body section, an elastic insert with slanting side edges filling said opening, means for releasably connecting all portions of each of the sides of said insert with all portions of each of the sides of said opening in order that the complete insert or varying proportions of said insert from the top of said insert downwards may be released from the sides of said opening, shoulder straps for said brassire top portion extending from the top edge portion of the front of said brassire top portion to the top edge portion of the back of said brassire top portion at points adjacent the sides of said opening which is lled by said elastic insert, and short straps connecting at their bottom ends with the top corners of said elastic insert and at their top ends with por- K tions of said shoulder straps which are located approximately midway between the ends of said shoulder straps in order to support the complete elastic insert or a varying proportion of the insert depending upon the distance the insert is detached from the top edge of the brassire top portion of said slip.

RAFAEL MARIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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